Practical Lock Picking: A Physical Penetration Tester's Training Guide
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008S8I77E |
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| Number of Pages | : | 150 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Terrifyling Good Instruction manual This book is scarily effective at teaching you to pick locks. After about 20 min you have the basics and I was picking the lock to my filing cabinet in about 1 min flat- padlocks take more time- but you can do them too. After reading the book I am actually terrified tha. Good basic lock primer I bought this book to get a basic understanding of locks and it was satisfactory for that purpose.I am not especially interested in picking locks but understanding the process is very valuable to understand what to avoid to increase security. I can now recognize good pa. "Outstanding resource" according to Michael J. This book is one of the best I've seen covering the art of amateur lock picking. It's clearly written yet easy to follow, and I found it very useful.
Every year at DEFCON and ShmooCon, Deviant runs the Lockpick Village, and he has conducted physical security training sessions at Black Hat, DeepSec, ToorCon, HackCon, ShakaCon, HackInTheBox, CanSecWest, ekoparty, and the United States Military Academy at West Point. While paying the bills as a security auditor and penetration testing consultant with The CORE Group, Devian
What makes this book easy to understand are the clear cut diagrams showing the internal design of locks. Practical Lock Picking: A Physical Penetration Tester's Training Guide Paperback This man is an excellent teacher and has given many lectures on locks and picking." --Lockpicking"This is a fantastic book that I highly recommend if you have any interest in physical security. There is no filler material, background found in other readily available texts, reprinted Web site content, etc. The voice on the phone cries out 'The servers are GONE!' This book will show you what happens when attackers decide to 'get physical." --Chris Nickerson, Lares Consulting"The clear explanation and plentiful diagrams leave the reader with a clear idea of how lock mechanisms work, and the practice exercises that follow build on this k
Practical Lock Picking, Second Edition, is an instructional manual that covers everything from straightforward lockpicking to quick-entry techniques such as shimming, bumping, and bypassing. Whether the student will be hired at some point to penetrate security or simply trying to harden his or her own defenses, this book is essential.This edition has been updated to reflect the changing landscape of tools and tactics which have emerged in recent years. It consists of 6 chapters that discuss topics such as the fundamentals of pin tumbler and wafer locks; the basics of picking, with emphasis on how to exploit weaknesses; tips for beginners on how to get very good and very fast in picking locks; advanced training; quick-entry tricks about shimming, bumping, and bypassing; and pin tumblers in other configurations.This book is geared specifically toward penetration testers, security consultants, IT security professionals, and hackers.Detailed full-color photos make learning as easy as picking a lockExtensive appendix details tools and toolkits currently available for all your lock picking needs. Written by Deviant Ollam, one of the security industry's best-known lockpicking teachers, and winner of the Best Book Bejtlich Read in 2010 award, this book contains detailed photos that make learning as easy as picking